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Railroad car inspector on job, Altoona, Pennsylvania 1940

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Hostage hanged at a balcony, one of the 99 civilians murdered as reprisals from the Waffen SS division 'Das Reich'. Tulle, Corrèze, France. June 9, 1944.

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General Leclerc giving orders to his men, liberation of Paris 1944

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Geneviève de Galard "Angel of Dien Bien Phu" in Luang Prabang, Lao with other members of the French military after leaving Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam on May 24, 1954. (AFP/Getty Images)

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Photo of a young samurai. Japan, around 1900

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John L. Burns who despite being 69 years old at the time and a civilian fought for the Union Army in the battle of Battle of Gettysburg. Photograph taken in July 15, 1863

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Future Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin after shooting down an enemy MiG-15 in the Korean War (1953)

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Soldiers of the 1st Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the front line on Hill Žuč near Sarajevo. The Battle for Žuč Hill was held on June 8,1992, and it was one of the decisive battles for the defense of Sarajevo. (08.06.1992) (550x348)

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Flotilla of ships and boats sails into New York for the U.S. Bicentennial celebrations (1976)

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Unpacking Mona Lisa at the end of World War II, 1945.

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Nose art of North American B-25 Mitchell “The Ink Squirts” from the 41st Bombardment Group. The “Ink Squirts” was a cartoon in the base newspaper of the Sea Bees of the 94th Battalion, on Tarawa, 1944.

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U.S. Army soldier stands on the wreck of former Vichy French battleship Strasbourg, with its cut-up (330 mm) main turret, the ship suffered heavy damage from bombing by USAAF aircraft, and struck by shells from battleship USS Nevada (BB-36), Toulon, c. August 1944.

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